Daily Republican., 1887-08-29
BIO QUARrEKLY

iow shs Day wss Observed IN This 1
Osty Ysstssday-Largo Numbers ~ ]
!vsssssss From al Dirooeions-Vsry
Lsstss Disorder.
Yesterday being the last Sunday In
August was, rs esuai, observed In this ,
,ity - Big Qaarterly, and ~ early as !
Saturday afternoon the colored people
began 70 arrive from points outstde the /
,ity kn auch Numbers that By evening
many OF the streets were almost 6iled. ,
Bons OF whoE were searching tor ,
friends or relatives, while others, more
ftrtoests, had found stopping plsees
aud were out to SEQ the sights. The
sAi Aioons In places inost freQueDIed By /,
them did . good business, aud number-
lsas bottles were filled for use yestef.
day. WaterDelons, chickens aud other
deiicacles vero In demand all day Set
ufdsy, and by night there was slight
increase 10 the price Of the former,
and large increase in the number OF
buyeSe.
Although the arrivals were large on
Saturday they we've but . drop in eho
bucket compared to those yeetarday,
and every train Of cars which oams In
from an early hour yesterday morning
up 70 noon brought Ito Quota. The
crowd at the P, w. b b. Railroad
station Was immense, aud Whenever .
train would come In there were IN xtous
looks On the faces of those In waiting
for OLD friends, who were expected 70
arrive Some OF thsse people meet bus
on CO year, and then on tao occasion OF
Big Quarterly, oonse9 uently there we're
many happy re-unions and hearty hand
shakipRs, while occasionally cou d be
heard such exclam atoms as these: ICED
bress you, honey, l dohe thought you
WASN'T coming" "Byess dc Lord for
dis day DAT sees you once again" and
others of O like nature But with the
10y shere WAS also an Admix'ure of sor.
row, As there wera friends expected
who did not come, and inquiry by the
Interested ones addressed 10 those who
did come brought the news that trey
had attended their last Big Quarterly,
and durlbg the year had passed away
The steamer wilmington brought Q
large crowd fr.m Philadelphia and
Cnrster and the Ms )r Rey bold brought
!; quite q large number from Salem. The
vicinity OF tho railroad station and the
wharvss wAs almost jnmmed with
J hacks and al other conceivable means
OF convey anee, the majority OF which
J did good business. Every place along
French street 4hat could Do used ~ an
, eating house was secured II possible,
and the sign "Meals At ali bours, VA
conspiouously disI lAy ed on every hand.
No booths or stanos were permitted BY
! the directors of the Street and sbeweI
! Com mmitsion oukide OF the buildinR
Z line, consequently even alleys were
pssn % places of hnsiness, but although
the mum Der of these eating stands VA
n great, and the supply OF provision!
I large. the majority CT them wore solt
, out long before the day was over. and
i were obliged TO turE. away many hun
! CRY customer.
a As soon As the crowds arrived In th'
: mornirg they wended their way q
4 French street, the objective point De
ing the A. U. NJ. p. Church, which
stands on the west side OF that street
Q between Eighth and Ninth streets. b.
9 O'Clock the sidewalks on both sides
!, French street were packed. and 10 som
9 places the crowed serged into th
= : street. There WAS number OF ofhcer
. stationed around the church to Pre-
% serve order, but their services were nc
required, eIoept In few cases
drunkenness, as the majority Of tn
1t crowd took the pushing and crowdin
n In Q good nAtrred manner. There wa
X ~ usual, . large tent erected at the res
a Of the church, and both places wer
" crowded all day. The exercises at To
10 church oommeSced with . Quarterl
q. conference on Saturday afternoon, 10
lowed By 0 service in tho evening. A
In z O'Clock yesterday morning the lev
4. feast, presided over by the Rsv. Joh
,oi Blake, WAS commenced, and conttHue
q. for over two hours.
n. At 10 80 o'clock there was preaehir
hs By the Rev. William Mathers, of Por
ar land, Me-, followed by lecture In u
afternoon, and preaching In the eve
ing By the Rev. Richard Richmond,
Marshallton, N. j. The services In q
tent, especially In the evening, pa
,e- took In 0 great measure OF the natu
of the old time camp meetings held
1. the South, before emancipation, at
the shouts of the people could be hea
Il. for squares.
= By 4 O'Clock In the afternoon the vi
tors commenced to wend their vi
3 toward the railroad stations ana :
ia. wharyes to take the trains or boats
their homer, and by O'Clock In t
IL evening almost all had taken their
parture. Some, however, remain
m, until this morning, while few "
spend o part OF the week In the CT
among the ir relatives ard friends.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
re' fiux of strangers was the largest
years, there WAS very little disord
'n' aud comparatively few arrests. ma
OF the drinking saloons were open
An, day and did . thriving business, cen
Quently there was . number OF drunk
men on the streets, but In most
In stances they went their way without
turtiug or molestinR any one.
ala Big Quarterly Is, or should be,
the ligious occasion, and was institu'
many years ago. 1t 10 still viewed
that light by some, but with the gr
majority 1t is considered day
ain froiioking, and for visiting old frien
lay conseq uently 1t 10 not to be wonder
nil at that many OF the colored ministe
'eet on .side Of the A. U. n. T. church,
an. opposed to 1t, and urge its ebolin
,yy They oonu nd, and not withou. Q
IAN siderable force, that the way tho day
ust now observed 1t leads 10 deseorat
was Of the Sabbath that should not
nly ceuntepauoea.
ner The dsy, however, Is popular ami
ass. the colored people, and many look
be ward to 1t ~ the greatest occasion
rue the entire year, SO 1t 10 scarcely pre-
the BILE the present generation will witt
n a its total abolition.
men --
dge sk,lIful Nursing,
Wilmington has not been rs hig
favored rs some other oities In hay